Is this the right way to go about this?

I've been thinking that this is the way to go about making my schema for my blog's K2 theme:
1. Download the default CSS file and save it to a folder named "earthling" within my personal site's folder.
2. Rename the file earthling.css.
3. Compare it to the CSS file that "earthling" (my personal site's theme) has.
4. Make the neccessary changes so that the blog will appear similar to my personal site's theme.
5. Upload the whole folder (including any images neccessary) to the k2/schema folder within my blog's file system.
6. Change the schema to earthling and see if it works.

Anyone see any flaws with my plan?

Nathan

I'm not sure I entirely follow which file is which in your explanation.

If #1 refers to the blog's css file and #3 refers to your existing site's file, then it is something similar to things I have done.

It's probably not a bad way of attacking it, just a bit of tinkering and keeping track of details. You will probably have to add/change some of the template/HTML files for the blog - just be prepared for things to go a bit haywire at times while you are changing things. Try to only change one or 2 things at a time, so if something gets really off, you can find it easier. Also, it might be a good idea to every few changes check the code with a validator - trust me it's easier to make corrections after small changes than after "finishing".

Another thing I do when messing with templates to modify the CSS is to find a word or phrase that wouldn't appear in the site (so it sticks out more) and put it into the HTML in places where I am not sure how it drives what shows up where on the webpage - just be sure to remove these test phrases before going live. This comes particularly in handy if you are not as familiar with the php and other code that may be in the template files.

Hope that helps some.

Well, I tried my luck. I sort of like the results...and at the same time know that it doesn't look like what my site will.

Walk away, give it a day and go back to it and you may see what you missed.

It really doesn't have to be identical. As long as the site visitor would think it's familiar you probably will be allright.

Update:

Thanks to J Love, I went one better and merged the two into one.

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